From the exit row.

From the exit row., originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

Airport Chinese food is not to be trusted.

A tender intergalactic moment.

A tender intergalactic moment., originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

Stuck in Seattle for a few more days.

Stuck in Seattle for a few more days., originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

Ferry drawings are replacing subway drawings.

Ferry commute trophies.

Ferry commute trophies., originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

I've been collecting sleeping salarymen as trophies.

Grandma still life.

Grandma still life., originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

Hockney

Hockney, originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

On the plane to Seattle, loving free holiday wifi.

New sketchbook! Heading home.

New sketchbook! Heading home., originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

At the airport with a new sketchbook. In a couple weeks I'll be back in ny to spend some quality time with my scanner and some completed sketchbooks. Exhausted.

Orange Soda Funeral

Orange Soda Funeral, originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

My thesis work is going into this direction of my synthetic relationship to Japan and my heritage - memory paintings that
come more from video games, samurai film, and anime than from actual
memory.
The closest to successful painting of the semester. 78"x48", oil on
canvas.

a better nike kimono

a better nike kimono, originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

the last photo was so bad.

Almost done

Almost done, originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

2 days until the theater of end-of-term critiques. After which, I will have time to scan and upload the 4 finished sketchbooks that are sitting around, maybe do some grocery shopping, laundry, write about that Jenny Saville workshop, show what I've been painting and all that.

Late night subway sketches

Late night subway sketches, originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

That was a painful hour commute home.

Kimono close up.

Kimono close up., originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

4" of 80"

Head and Ben's legs.

Head and Ben's legs., originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

El Sol del Membrillo

El Sol del Membrillo, originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

Antonio Lopez Garcia is a crazy person, the good kind.

Some ladies.

Some ladies., originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

Hey ladies.

Studio is upside-down.

Studio is upside-down., originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

From left to right (all in progress), orange soda funeral, runaway train never comin back, (top) what's so important that you must google at 3 am, exercise from Jenny Saville workshop.

Jenny Saville workshop

Jenny Saville workshop, originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

Over the past two days I had the good fortune to partake in a painting workshop with Jenny Saville. I'll write more later and share some photos, but quickly, she's a remarkable, kind, generous woman and it was a transformative couple of days (I think). She's everything you'd hope one of your favorite artists would be.
Also, she is surprisingly short.

First and last kiss.

First and last kiss., originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

Before it all.

Stealing from the masters.

Stealing from the masters., originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

Studies of Japanese block print compositions. Doing this, the evolution of perspective becomes very apparent.

Im not here to make friends.

Im not here to make friends., originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

Sorry, blog, I've been painting.

Sorry, blog, I've been painting., originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

A studio shot as proof that I've been doing something.

Everybody loves him

Everybody loves him, originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

But I see a sadness.

It's gotta get better than this

It's gotta get better than this, originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

Girls on graph paper.

Girls on graph paper., originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

I realized that my painting class with Vincent Desiderio is made up of 20 women, 2 boys. It's scary but makes for prettier drawings.

On boots

On boots, originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

On Bootness

Drink and draw

Drink and draw, originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

Always fun to open up my sketchbook after a night of heavyish drinking to see what was drawn on the subway at 3am on my way home.

I have no idea what this means.

Acrylic eyes

Acrylic eyes, originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

Messing around

Glasses to glasses moment

Glasses to glasses moment, originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

One is a girl I think.

The best part of the worst thing I've ever done.

The best part of the worst thing I've ever done., originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

I will never get this thing to print.

The more it rains the less I bike the more I draw.

The more it rains the less I bike the more I draw., originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

And the less sweaty my hello hugs tend to be.

Push pull

Push pull, originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

Best subway drawing to date.

Best subway drawing to date., originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

Caught that yawn.

Inflexible but hinged.

Inflexible but hinged., originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

Studio break.

Studio break., originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

I have no idea what's going on.

More than birds

More than birds, originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

Study for caught lookin at porno

Study for caught lookin at porno, originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

There's no secrets between you and me, internet.

Serving up heads

Serving up heads, originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

a lecture about executions of Judith beheading Holofernes.

how to do things

how to do things, originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

google autofills.

Morgan, academically, in grease on aluminum

Morgan, academically, in grease on aluminum, originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

Grease pencil on aluminum for my first lithograph print a week from
today. No idea how dark to go, what's going to transfer, what's going
to get lost, etc. These things will get more creative if I can help
it, but sometimes the academic drawing thing feels so good. I have a
new series in my head, interesting enough (for the moment) that I just
woke up at 4:30 am to do research.

End of summer, first day, second year of grad school

End of summer, first day, second year of grad school, originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

New kids, nice kids.

You have a friend of a friend in Jesus.

You have a friend of a friend in Jesus., originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

Happy Sunday.

bad cyclone with hurricane coming

bad cyclone with hurricane coming, originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

Took a little bike ride down to Coney Island yesterday. By the time I
got down there I was tired and hungry and my hands were lazy and the
TI that was blasting in the park behind me limited my Cyclone drawing
abilities. There is supposedly this Hurricane coming in this
afternoon. It's about 20 degrees cooler than yesterday. No complaints.

A ritualistic individual.

A ritualistic individual., originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

I have begun to acquire items (bags, pens, notebooks, helmets) based solely on the aesthetic value they bring to my drawings.

Shutting out the sirens

Shutting out the sirens, originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

Feeling the text once again.

prayers at CDG

prayers at CDG, originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

This was sort of a beautiful culture-clash of a moment. I didn't do
it justice here but I'm going to try to do so soon.

Shaky iced coffee hands.

Shaky iced coffee hands., originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

Best time of the year. Summer cooling down, school starting in a week, fantasy football drafts drafting, still a bit of time to chill.

New book bag ritual.

New book bag ritual., originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

Ready for my last year of school ever. Last page of my residency sketchbook. 80 pgs. I'll upload it all this week.

And I'm home.

And I'm home., originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

Blogging from the comfort of my own bed. What a trip. I'll try to process and go through photos and start some new work this week. I think pastels might be my new thing.

Gare st lazare

Gare st lazare, originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

Last night in France, just trying to cram all my stuff in a suitcase with too much wine and cheese in my person.

Dy nasty

Dy nasty, originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

One more day in France. Soon to hop on a train to Paris, or so I thought. Everybody seems to be sleeping still. It's a rainy day in the country... I might just try to enjoy that.

In going to wait to post my project until it's done in a couple weeks. I had a great, tough critique yesterday from wade and the other artists. I've been searching for this thing it's going to take for me to get to this next level and I think all the information is there now.

I actually wish I could spend the day painting, but dry time won't allow. I thing I might be making a big switch to pastel. Seriously. It's not just for kids anymore.